[R.O. of 1943, Ch. 6 §1]
There is hereby created for Hermann a City Board of Health to
be composed of the Mayor and the Board of Alderman of Hermann, to
cooperate with and carry out all regulations within the City of Hermann,
as provided for by the State Board of Health, for the prevention and
control of communicable diseases. The Mayor of the City shall be Executive
Health Officer, and the attending physician in all cases of communicable
diseases shall be the medical adviser of the Board of Health, provided
that in case the Board of Health in any case is not satisfied with
the advice obtained by the attending physician or for any other cause
it may procure the services of any other physician to act as adviser
in the case.
[R.O. of 1943, Ch. 6 §2]
It shall be the duty of the City Board of Health in all things,
so far as possible, to be guided by the regulations of the State Board
of Health, and to cause to be carried out in all cases of communicable
diseases the requirements of said Board, as to prevention and spreading
of such diseases, as to full or modified quarantine, as to placarding
of places where communicable disease exists, and as to the closing
of schools and other public meeting places; and in general to be an
active agency for the promotion of health, as well as for the prevention
and extermination of communicable diseases in accordance with all
regulations of the State Board of Health.
[R.O. of 1943, Ch. 6 §3]
Aside from the regulations prescribed by the State Board of
Health, the City Board of Health shall have the power, and it shall
be its duty, to enter private enclosures, to examine cellars, stables,
pig stables, privies, gutters and all other places in the City where
it is informed, or it has reason to believe, any filth or refuse detrimental
to the public health may exist, and to order the owner or occupant
of such premises to remove or cleanse the same, and in case of failure
of the owner to comply with such demands, to remove such filth and
refuse, which shall be done at the cost of the owner.
[R.O. of 1943, Ch. 6 §4]
Every physician who practices within the city limits and shall
be called upon to treat any case of smallpox or any other communicable
disease, as specified by the State Board of Health, shall as soon
as may be (if possible by telephone) report to the Board of Health
such case and in so reporting shall give the name of the person afflicted,
and the house where the patient be kept; and for every case of neglecting
to so report be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00)
and not more than fifty dollars ($50.00).
[R.O. of 1943, Ch. 6 §5]
At the direction of the Board of Health, the Chief of Police
shall post on the entrance door to the building in which the patient
may be kept a placard, not less than six (6) inches in width and not
less than ten (10) inches in length, on which there shall be on top
in large letters the name of the disease, followed by warning as follows:
"All persons are by this means notified of the presence of the above
disease, and are warned of the danger of coming in contact with it."
It is unlawful to deface, mutilate, cover up or remove this card without
the authority of the Health Officer, or to interfere with said Health
Officer or his agent; and the Health Officer shall when necessary
remove and isolate all persons as have been exposed to such a disease
and shall require a proper and thorough disinfectant of buildings
and other places in which infection may exist.
[R.O. of 1943, Ch. 6. §6]
No person shall interfere with or obstruct the entrance to any
building or apartment by any member of the Board of Health, or by
any officer thereto authorized by such Board; and no person shall
interfere with or obstruct the inspection or examination of any occupant
in any building in Hermann, by any member of the Board of Health,
or by any officer thereto authorized; and no person shall without
authority given by the City Board of Health, or agent authorized by
it, be permitted to tear down, remove or deface any placard posted
on any building, giving notice of any communicable disease existing
in such building.
[Ord. No. 903 §1, 6-27-1983]
Violation of any provision of this Chapter shall be a misdemeanor.
Each day any such violation occurs shall be a separate offense.
